The Writers Lab will help to provide opportunities to female screenwriters over the age of 40 and will be accepting submissions from 1 May (15).

Writer-director Gina Prince-Bythewood, producer Caroline Kaplan and writers Kirsten Smith and Jessica Bendinger will be the mentors for the lab's inaugural year.

The Writers Lab will take place at a retreat in New York in August (15), according to Variety.co m.